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w:,th confusion. At their approach, Ensiling was provided with a numerous garrison ; twC4l ve thousand p L.k.v.d troops marched from St. Okner, under the or 4Jers of the Senator-General Rampon ; and eight tierni-brigades of reserve, which were at Boulogne, Louvaine, and Paris, proceeded post to the points that were menaced. "These troops were of themselves sufficient for the defence ot Antwerp. That place, which is covered by a strong rampart, and the advanced works which your . !Nlajesty caused to be considered four years ago, is further proteavd by extensive inundations; and on the left bank of the Scheldt, the tort ot La Tete rte Flandre, which is itself surroured by an inun dation of 2000 toises, secures the communication of Antwerp with our fortresses in the North. English The Expedition was formed upon the supposition that Antwerp was only an open city, wherefis that foitress could not be taken but alter a kng siege. Independent of troops of the line, yeor Majesty saw, at the fist signal, 150,000 national guJids ready to march, and at their head the Mojors ot your infantry, Officers ot the fifth battalions, and ve!trart Officers you found in their ranks a number of old soldiers. NUITI , TOUfs' detachments of cavalry of the line were preceded by the Gens-d'armerie of Franc,._ The English were not aware that this branch ut ce alone could, at a moment's' notice, wnst:tut , lt• at any given point fit) squadrons, composed of aku that ,`tad seen sixteen years of service, all equally expe rienced, equally well disciplined and armed as those brave cuirassiers, who, under your Majesty's orders, have brought to so high a pitch the glory of the French cavalry. " As 'by enchantment, the dispositions prescriti re, by your Majesty cause cl n) appear, at the same nlstant, on the banks of the Scheldt, and at the re n_ cLtzvous of the Reserve at Lisle and Maestricht, four different armies, under the command of Marshal the Prince. of Ponte Corvo, and Marsithls the Dukes of Cornegliano, Valmy, and The sudden-developement of such a force, and the national impulse which continued to multiply its numbers, struck the enemy with consternation. — Their enterprise, calculated upon false data, com- pletely " Europe has witnessed the realization of that which your Majesty's penetration anticipated, when you pronounced that this Expedition originated in ignorance and inexperience ; and when, .sparing of • French blood, and dire&ing that a plan merely de fensive should be ic;liowed, you wrote to me :--- ‘ We are happy to find the English crowding into the marshes of Zealand ; let them be merely kept in check, and their army will be speedily :destroy ed by the bad air, and the endemic fevers of• that country.' -Whilst our troops were distributed in comfort able cantonments in the environs of Antwerp, or stationed in that fortress, tite English army, encamp ed in the• midst of marshes, and destitute of water tit for drinking, lost upwards of one-third of its soldiers. But the facility which the English have of going by sea from one quarter to another - may lead us to expect that all that will have escaped the disasters of this Expedition will be sent to reinforce their army in Portugal. Sire, the various fields of baffle in which your armies have distinguished themselves are too remote from each ottier to admit of your marching, without inconvenience to the soldier, ono of- your armies from one scene of aCtion to the other ; and your Majesty, so highly satisfied with the zeal of the troops whom you command beyond the Danube, is anxious to spare them from the fatigues of the war in Spain. Besides, the French armies beyond , the Pyrennees now consist of 300 battalions and. 150 squadrons. ..It is therefore suilicient,, Without send ing any additaonalcorps thither, to keep up at their full establishment those already there.- Thirtylitou-: sand men, colleCted at Blyonne, afford the ni6ns . of accomplishing this objeit, and of repulsing arty force which the English may cause to advance.- " In this state of things, I conceived that it cor responded with your Majesty's views to limit the levy necessary at this moment, to the contingent in dispensably requisite for replacing in the battalions of the interior, the drafts which are daily made from them. The returns which•willbe laid before your Majesty Will inform you, that of the conscription for the years 1806-7-8-9 and 10, there still remain more than 80,000 men, who, though balloted, have not yet been called into aetual serviCe". This im mense reinforcement might march against your ene mies, should that measure be rendered necessary by any imminent danger to the State: 71 propose to .your Majesty to call out only 36,000, and to declare all those classes entirely free from any future call. " By this means, your armies, Sire, will be main tained at their present respeCtable establishment, and a rnnsiderable nomber of your subjects will be defi nitively released from the conscription. Your Ma jesty will alio have at your disposal, the 25,000 men afforded by , the class of 1811, upon whom I shall not propose to your Majesty to make any call, un less events should disappoint your hopes and pacific intentions. " Your Majesty's armies are equally formidable from their numbers as from their courage. But who could advise France not to proportion her efforts to those of her' ecemies ? In giving - such advice, the result of the most imprudent security, it would be necessary to forget that Austria, very lately, had on foot 700,000 men .; and that to createithis : gigant,ie force, that Power did not hesitate toi-e?tpose her po pulation to almost total destruttionfland to attack the very basis of her prosperity. ~W9must equally forget; that England has taken part in•the , Conti nental war, by landing, at the same moment, three different armies, on the coasts of Naples, Holland, and Portugal. " The agitation of those who are jealous ,of France has been redoubled, because they are con scious that the present crisis has •for ever fixed her greatness. Their efforts will .be impotent, because France has been enabled to reach the. highest pin nacle of success and of glory, without making any 0f those ruinous sacrifices which =destriiy . her. ene mies. In lad, the:successiVe:calls, .up to the present moment, inadesdponliia:diffjrent classes of conscripts, scarcely 'have. one-fourth. of those who composed them taken tftefield.:.-• " . .In considering the situation of. your Majesty' s armies, and the- results of the English Expeditions,. can we, without a degree of satisfaction, behold Etig land, in imitation or Austria, making efforts dispro- pottionate to her means, and the wants of her navy What can she ex , ,.et, truth thts coutest upon lard, and man to man, with France, that shall not redound to her own injury and disgrace ? " Sire, the French - people will have to thank your Majesty for the inexpressible advantage and glory of a peace, conquered without maritime expedoions, from an enemy who, by his situation, thought him self free from all attack. Every serious attempt upon the Continent, on the part of the English, is a step towards a general peace. " The English Ministers who preceded the Mem- hers of the present Government, a more able set of men than the latter, were well convinced of this truth, and took good care not to commit themselves in an unequal contest. It d;d not escape their ob servation, that to carry on a long war, it was neces sary that it should press lightly upon the people who had to support it. " Within the last twelve months the war has cost England more blood than she had previously shed from the period when she broke the peaceof Amiens. Committed in the battlt-s - of Spain and Portugal, whence her duty and her interest forbid her to re cede, she will see those countries become the tomb of her bravest warriors. Sorrow for their loss will at length produce in the minds of the English people a well tounded abhorrence of those cruel men, whose ambition and frantic hatred dared to pronounce , the expression of eternal war. It will excite in thin people the wish for a general peace, which every luau of good sense way predict to be near at hand, if the English persist in a continental contest. _ _ " I am, with respe&, &c. " The Niinisier at War Count Dc HUNNEBURGLI." REPORT OF THE MOTIVES OF THE FROJET CF THE SENATU4 CONSULTUM, RELATIVE TO A LEVY OF 36,000 CONS:I:RIFTS, ON THE CLASSES OF l a ' /6, 1807, 1808, 1809, AND 1810, BY THE COUNT DE CLSSAC, ORATOR OF TUE COUNCIL OF•STATE This report, after many adulations on the genius of the Emperor and King, - and a high-coloured panegyric on the loyalty and exertions of the French nation, proceeds to explain the causes of the levy : " The enemies of France," says the Orator' " ob serving that we levied the classes of 1809 and 1310 before the period in which they were to be called into action, thought, without doubt, that we had recourse to that luode, because none of the resources of former years were left to us. How .great was their mistake If the French Government had adopted that line of conduct, it was because it could never be brought to think that the English Govern ment had determined to wage perpetual war with France it was because it could never be brought to think that the Austrian Government, to which peace was so important, so necessary, that that Go vernment, to which a liberal and unexpected peace had been granted, had a right to cope again with the French armies, directed by Napoleon the Great, and electrified by his presence. " Our Emperor, therefore, calculating upon a speedy and long peace, was willing to divide the weight of the war among several classes, in order that it might press the lighter upon each of them. He was also desirous that the French, who constitut ed these two classes, and who, according to the pro per estimate of public duties, might hate been de. prived .of their share of military glory, should be furnished with an opportunity of acquiring it. " Disappointed in his first expeetak ions, the Em peror had recourse to those supplies of men which he had, from principles of prudence, lett in reserve:. Twice did he apply for succours, and twice were th e contingents which lie deemed th:Cessary furnished with rapidity. Our moderation had thrown a veil over our strength, but our moderation is desirous now of mainle,ting our streng,th. Let us put an end to at error so tatal to our enemies, and which - ilia); be come still more disastrous to them ! When they shall be well acquainted with our resources, they will no doubt be convinced that a frank and solid peace is the only part, the only post, in which they . can find safety., " It belongs to weak governments to seek for . security in the concealment of their weakness',. and the evaegerations of their strength. It is the duty of France to make known to her friends and ene mies her true situation. That situation is such as to inspire the former with more energy, arida() warm the latter, that in taking up arms they must expose themselves to certain loss. " The following, Senators, is the precise state of the conscriptional force of France, and I can pledge myself for its accuracy : " The class of 1306, consisted of 42,000, ac cording to the lists of conscription. • That class comprising Is months - That:of 0307 18D9 ISt° • 423paota 35Z,000 3 1 31,000 362,000 362400 Total 1,867,000 ; Of these classes, until the present moment , there , have been raised but 520,000 men. ISA ;B°7 1803 18c9 1810 14;500 102,j00 2,500 I I a,oos 5 2,000 " There consequently remains still at home of •the five classes 1,347,000 men. — The Orator next proceeds to spew the great fad ..., 'lO with wuich the new levy must be raised, leiving an immense number still behind, - ' and argues that such resouices will be the most effica owls means of reducing the English to the necessity of klernanding zi p e ace, which however tieeess4y to France, is ihchspensably to them, I),:c . ause very existence may perhaps depend upon it. in the same position. All cicrth!s bave ceased as to Ilse signing o the. peace at Vienna. BI4oNAPARTE, it sai‘i, is going to Spain. •it is also said he, is go ing to commence operations against Tui . key, in con cert with Russia, as the troops of the Emperor ALEXASDER have lately had bad success. MAT LS. ARKIVED—I Iteligolancl, 2 ‘Vaterft.ra. Dur.-3 Gotten. burgli, Lisoon. L Dabiin, 3 Waterford. PRICE 01 STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWE.LVE O'CLOCK. COMO'S Red. Ikan. 68 1 Omniun t ^. pr. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERT. FALSUM AUDEAT ? L,O ND 0 N, THURSDAI'j NOVEMBER 2, 1809. This morning Mr. MILLS, the Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office with Dispatches from Marquis WELLESLEY. The Dispatches are dated the 16th ult. The Marquis, we understand, was then mak ing preparations for his departure, and it was sup posed that he would come home by way of Lisbon. We are happy to find that the accounts from our Army are of the most satisfaaory nature : the troops were almost all restored to petted health. The French army under SOULT remained at Otopessa and Arcebispo. NEY was at Salamanca. A considerable French Corps had "a lvanced into La Mancha, and the Spanish army had taken a position at the foot of the Sierra Morena mountains. It was supposed that the French did not intend to make a serious attack upon the Spaniards, but merely to de prive them of the supplies they drew from La Mancha. We received this mcrning Hamburgh Papers to the 21st, and Berlin to the 13th. The following are the most important articles in them : VIENNA, OCT. 7.—His French Imperial Majesty visited the Court Theatre at Scfioenbrunn yesterday. He came about nine in the evening, as he previously had a conference with the Prince of LICHTENSTEIN. The Peace will be made public On the arrival of a courier from Petersburgh, who is expeded to bring with him the guarantee of the Treaty. ANOTHER LEI TER, SAME DATE. " His Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON will set out on the - loth from Schoenbrunn, and proceed by Passau and Munich towards Paris, This is suf ficient proof that peace is settled. Whether it will be first published here or in the Moniker at Paris, will soon be seen. It is understood that the t.'m.e peror of Russia is to be the guarantee. a Since the 27th ult. there has been no 'doubt of Peace. , On that day.the Prince of LICHTENSTEIN, and Generals MaYEK ar,o BUBNA arrived at Vienna, with information that t')/.e Emperor FRANCIS. had ac cepted the Ultimatlrtiz." COPENHAGEN, OCT. 3.—According to the ac counts of travellers, we - are assure that on the 12th of this month, all the Swedish Ports will be shut to all English sit-Ts. BANKS OF TI.IE ELBE, OCT. 13.--.-An army of eighty-one thousand French troops will, it said, be shortly colleted in Hanover, and on the Brtaks of the Elbe, by the name of the " Army of Hanover." The Prince of Ponte Corvo is to Command it., In Hamburgh the French Dou,aniers, (Cast Om-house Officers) make nightly visits, and seize the colonial produtts in the merchants' ware- houses. LYONS, SEPT: 28.---According to advices from Toulon, the French fleet, consisting of t 7 sail df the, line, frigates, and a great number of transports in that port, are ready for sea.—(correspondent.) PRESBURG, SEPT. 19.--According to accounts from Constantinople, the Porte has refused the ap plication of the English Envoy, Mr. ADAIR, for a free passage for all the ships of England and her al lies through the canal of Constantinople; and we expea his 'departure, should he persist in his re quest, to be permitted to occupy some of the islands in the Levant. Several chan es, have taken p lace among the prin cipal public Oificers of the Porte. ROME, SEPT. 23.—A1l English commodities found in our two departments have been confiscated.-- Eight commissioners of police, have, been appointed in this city. DRE'iDEN, OCT. 4.—Yesterday the regiment of the Grand Duke of Berg arrived here, and was quar- tered on the Citizens. The division of General CARRA ST. CYR is al ready 15,000 .strong, and will be augmented by a battalion of chasseurs of 806 men now raising. The following is an 14‘..si mot of a . Letter received yesterday :-- ANTWnlle, Oc - r, 22,—Troops, in small parties, We have to-day extracted from the Moniteur of the are arriving here daily, and afterwards proCeeding to '''d the proceedings in the Conservative Senate, re various places in South Beveland and Cddsand, so th a t although we have no more troops in this city, laiive to the new Conscription of 3 6 , 000 men. The there are wore in the neighbourhood than there Arch-Chancellor introduced the subject to the Senate, were a fortnight age. They are p;incipidlly n e wly by telling •them that his Majesty (BuoNAPARTE) ern levied forces, consisting of young men not more than' bracing at one dance the present situation, of affairs,affairs,l6 years old. After they arrive , t he y are chiefl y employed in building barracks, and erecting foal- perceived the necessity of ordering an additional ley fications of different kinds. They are stationed at of 36,000 men, and he also informs them , That if . Bergen-op-Zoom, Breskehs, Goes, and other viltages ... • , , Peace should be concluded between Austria and in the neighbourhood. The fleet rem ains as usual France; the troops on the banks of the Danube can -not .‘,vithent great inconvenience be marched into Spain. The❑ follows the Report. of the Minister at War, which is a long and laboured performance. It seems as if some oppositiOn was given to this mea sure, not of course from the Senate, but from the people of France, for the Reporter takes uncommon pains to soften it as much as possible. There is one part of the Minister's Report which will be very un palatable to the Opposition Writers in this Country. They have been for a long time telling us that our exertions produced no effea upon the Continent, that BUONAPARTE laughed at our efforts, &c. The Fcenell Minister of War holds very different language ; he speaks of the exertions of Eng land as most extraordinary, and admits that it is from an apprehension of the English that this measure of the -Conscription has been resorted to. This official contradiction of the assertion which the Opposition Writers are most frequently and confi dently in the habit of making, is however atoned for by a compliment to the Administration of Lords GRENVILLE and GREY, for their mode of conducting the War, which seems to have obtained the full approbaticn of BUONAPARTE, and of his Excellency ie Count DE HUNNEBERG, the Minister at War. We are very much inclined however to think that praise coming horn such a quarter will not be very acceptable to Lords GREY Dlld GRENVILLE, nor will it tend very much to exalt their charaEters as states men in this Country. The Opposition have displayed some ingenuity in the variety of statements which they have made respeEting Walcheren. 4t first a faint attempt was made to prove that that Island was of no sort of va lue. This proposition was, however, soon found to be untenable i and then we were told that Waiche• ren was certainly an important place, but so very :) unhealthy, that Ministers had come to a determina• tion to evacuate it. In a few days afterwards. we were gravely informed that Government had altered its determination with respect to Walcheren, and that it was not to be evacuated. It is hardly necesd sary to inform our Readers, that all these changes of opinion existed only in the minds of the Opposition Writers. It never was in contemplation for a mo ment, to abandon that valuable Island. The un healthy season is now over, and Government have given orders for the construaion of lofty and, corn modious Barracks, which will, in future, contribute greatly to the health of the troops. A. reinforce ment of six Regiments of Infantry is under orders for that Island. ' Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY ar rived at Queen's Palace, lion Witidsw, where he was received by the Dukes of YORK, KENT, and CuJSBRRLAND.. At twenty minutes after two o'clock the Corpo.! ration of the City of London arrived at the Queen's: Palace, with their Address to his . MAJESTY upon hiss entet - ing the 50th year of his rein. The RECORDER read the Address, and.his MA' sii , AAtiswer was read by the Earl of LIVERFOOL• Upon this occasion the LottO MAYOR received the title ofiafonet, and Alderman PLOMER obtained the honoUr of Knighthood,, and be is now Sir WIL LIAM PLOMER. • - A number of the Corporation has} ; the. honour to, kiss his MAJESTY'S hand. Afterwards the Delegates from the University of Oxford were introduced to his MAJESTY upon t e same occasion, and presented their Address. His. MAJESTY then held a Private Levee, which was attended by The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the liirst Lord of the isrea 'sury, And Chancellor of the Exchequer ) , the Secretaries Of. State, the Secretary at War, the First Lord of the AdmiraltYs the judge Advocate, the Ptesident of the Board of can troul, ' the judge of the ACliiiiralty, the Speaker of the. House of Commons, the Commander in Chief, the i k is t o t n or . ney-Generaf,. and the Solicitor-General. Admirals Murray, Thompson, and vv Generals—Sir Charles Green, Campbell, Winyard Fano, • and Gordon, (Groom in Waiting). Colonels—'Townsend, Winyard, Wheatly, Dyer, Brain head, and Rebow. Messrs. Mellish, Sutton, Hamilton, Ryder, Dundass Macknsughdon, and Fawkener. The following had the honour of being presented - , to his MAJESTY : The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, upon his being created a Baronet. His Lordship is now Sir Charles Flower. Alderman Sir William Phonier, upon his receiving the ho-.. 'lour of Knighthood. Captain lames Athol Wood, of the Royal Navy, who was second in command at the taking of Curacoa, by his father, Sit Mark Wood, upon which occasion the gallant -Captain received the honour of Knightliwid. Mr. J ohnson also received the honour of knighthood. Mr. husrice Macnaughton wok leave of his 'l4lajesty, vitftr, to his leaving England for Nkdras, upon which occa, sion he received the honour of Knighthood. Major-General Sir Brent Sfiencer, upon his being appoint , ed Colonel of the ad battalion of the 95th regiment. Rear. Admiral Murray, upon his promotion, on being ap• pointed a Vice-Admiral. Lieutenant- General Sir Charles Green, upon his promatiOn tf? be a : Lieutehant-General. • Mr. Robert Saunders Dundas, upon his being aopoilite4 President of the Board of Controul. Sir "Flionias B. Thompson, Comptroller of the Navy, uP on his being appointed to be a Rear-Admiral. Lieutenant-Colonel Winyard, of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, upon his promotion. Colonel Wheatley, of the First Regiment of Guards, upon his promotion. Mr. Ryder, upon his being appointed Secretary of State lot the Home Department. Mr. Hamilton, upon his being appointed Under Secretary of State. Viscount Palmerston, upon his being appointed Secretary ( at War, in the room of Lord Leveson Gower. Mr. Manners Sutton, upon his being appointed judge Ad vocate, in the room eteMr. Ryder. It was understood that the Earl of LivErtrooD kisscd•his MAJESTY'S hand upon his being appointed Seeretary of State for the War and Colonial depart' Merits. About four o'clock the Delegates from the Vo i° versify of Cambridge arrived, as appointed by 06 Earl of LIVIMPOOL, Secretary of State, in grand pr°-